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Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum gestures at her swearing-in ceremony at the Congress in Mexico City Oct. 1, 2024. Sheinbaum, 62, an environmental scientist and former mayor of Mexico City, became Mexico's first female president in the nation's more than 200 years of independence. (OSV News photo/Raquel Cunha, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Agren
Mexico’s bishops wished Ms. Sheinbaum well. They urged her to govern for all Mexicans, even though she has a congressional majority large enough to permit constitutional changes without seeking support from her political opposition.
FaithNews
Carol Glatz - Catholic News Service
Cardinal Steiner said they would like to call these women “deaconesses,” but they do not want to “confuse them with the ordained ministry,” and so, for now, they have not found a title that is “suitable.”
Migrants in Sayula de Aleman, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2024, pause for prayer on their journey toward the U.S. border. (OSV News photo/Angel Hernandez, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
J.D. Long García
President Biden's new restrictions on asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border have drawn criticism from Catholics who minister to immigrants and refugees.
FaithPodcasts
Inside the Vatican
In this episode of "Inside the Vatican," Gerry and Colleen discuss the most newsworthy moments from Pope Francis’ visit to Belgium.
FaithNews
Eduardo Campos Lima - Catholic News Service
The Vatican’s decision to expel 10 important members from the once-powerful Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, a scandal-plagued society of apostolic life founded in Peru in 1971, was received with shock by many in Peru.
FaithNews
Gina Christian - OSV News
A new survey indicates that many Catholics in Latin America and the U.S. favor allowing women to become priests, with a number also supporting marriage for priests, birth control, same-sex marriage recognition and holy Communion for unmarried couples living together.